President Barack Obama drives a 2011 Chevrolet Volt electric vehicle off the line with Plant Manager Teri Quigley in the passenger seat at the General Motors Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly Plant

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It looks like orders for the Chevrolet Volt have been flowing in since GM announced it was taking orders just last week. The auto-maker has now announced it will increase U.S. production capacity of its “extended range electric vehicle” by 50 percent, from 30,000 units to 45,000 units, in 2012. The announcement came as U.S. President Barack Obama toured the Detroit-Hamtramck facility, where the Volt is being produced for sale later this year.